California Games
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: Sports - Multi-Screen - Olympic
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1988
Developer: Westwood Studios, Inc.
Publisher: Epyx Inc., U.S. Gold
Players: 1-8 Players
Relationship: is a prequel to California Games II
Hardware: OCS
Conversions: Amstrad CPC, Apple II/IIGS, Atari 2600/7800 Atari 400/800/1200XL, Atari Lynx, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Mobile/Cell Phone, MSX 1/2, Nintendo NES, Nintendo SNES, Nintendo Wii Virtual Console, PC (DOS), Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
Disks: 2
Programmer: Paul Dunning, Louis Castle, Michael Legg
Musician: Chris Ebert, Chris Grigg, David Hayes, Karl Lehenbauer, Steve Hales
Designer: Jenny Martin, Louis Castle, Maurine Y. Starkey, Sheryl Knowles
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Based on 1987 Westwood/Epyx C64/128 release.
PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, MCGA, Tandy/PCjr

N.B. An Apple Mac version wasn't released despite being advertised in Epyx's 1988 product catalogue.

[1] Music composed by Chris Grigg; sound FX by Steve Hales & Chris Grigg; music arrangements by Chris Ebert, Chris Grigg, David Hayes & Karl Lehenbauer; and Sonix music driver by Mark Riley.

[2] The Epyx release included a 1988 product catalogue.

TRIVIA: Intro music is a rendition of "Louie Louie" © Limax Music/American Berry Music. It was made popular by The Kingsmen in the 1960s and originally written & performed in the 1950s by R&B artist Richard Berry.

http://hol.abime.net/2912

California Games was the original "Extreme Games" – what today's generation might call "X-Games in the sun". Players can select sponsors (absent in some versions) and compete in events such as skateboarding, footbag, surfing, roller skating, flying disc (frisbee) and BMX. The surfing event is ranked by judges, which give a score to help the players improve their routine.

The Atari versions (2600 and Lynx) of the game omit the flying disc and roller skating events, while the Genesis version omits only the flying disc event.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/california-games
